Health
‘Today we take the fight to the virus’: Montco opens first COVID vaccine clinic
Phase 1A health care workers who live or work in Montgomery County were inoculated by appointment only at the community college in Blue Bell.
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Pa. coronavirus update: DHS Secretary urges those in need to apply for benefits
Congress has expanded eligibility for SNAP, Secretary Miller urges Pennsylvanians to apply.
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Fighting vaccine skepticism, Philly fire department presses forward with shots
About 100 emergency medical workers have gotten a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. But about half offered the vaccine have declined, officials said.
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What will it take to end the COVID-19 pandemic?
Health experts agree that, to end the pandemic, the world needs to immunize a large percentage of Earth's population. And that population needs to be distributed evenly.
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How COVID-19 attacks the brain and may cause lasting damage
Many patients who are hospitalized for COVID-19 are discharged with symptoms such as those associated with a brain injury.
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Pa. lags nation in people tested per day, is nowhere near level needed to suppress the virus
Suppression testing would require the state to increase daily testing nearly four times over, but that’s the only way to use it as a tool to actually slow down the virus.
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1,400 nurses and health care professionals score new contracts with Crozer
The agreements bring pay increases and staffing adjustments for PASNAP members at four facilities in Delaware County.
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Pa. coronavirus update: More doses of vaccine, faster distribution and more federal funding needed
The new COVID-19 relief package has funding for vaccine distribution but the money hasn’t arrived yet.
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Listen 1:46COVID-19 vaccine may not get to long-term care facilities quickly enough
Coronavirus vaccines are reaching more long-term facilities, but many worry they won't come soon enough to stave off more deaths.
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N.J. looks to retired medical professionals to speed pace of COVID-19 vaccinations
Doctors, nurses, paramedics and others who go back on active duty can help protect frontline workers against COVID-19 and give vaccination efforts a shot in the arm.
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Confidence delivered with second shot of COVID vaccine
Frontline health workers in N.J. receive their second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine this week.
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N.J. coronavirus update: Fraction of vaccines distributed, two mega sites to open Friday
Gov. Murphy praised the state for administering 101,417 vaccinations by Monday, but that is just a fraction of the roughly 400,000 doses sent to New Jersey.
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How to spot the ‘bright stars’ in our lives and find peace after a difficult year
WHYY’s Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with psychologist Dan Gottlieb about how to find peace and well-being in the wake of a stressful 2020.
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Listen 5:19Pa. coronavirus update: With holidays over, vaccination effort expected to ramp up
“What we need to do now is to continue all the mitigation efforts … stay at home, do not participate in large or small gatherings,” Levine said.
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Thousands of Pa. children with autism are set to lose access to treatment in mid-January
A change at the state level is blocking funding for a type of one-on-one therapy when conducted at clinics rather than in the home.
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